Stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: Surface tension and dielectric saturation

The stacking of positively charged (or doped) terthiophene oligomers and quaterthiophene polymers in solution is investigated applying a recently developed unified electrostatic and cavitation model for first-principles calculations in a continuum solvent. The thermodynamic and structural patterns o...

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Autores principales: Scherlis, D.A., Fattebert, J.-L., Marzari, N.
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Publicado: 2006
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spelling I28-R145-paper_00219606_v124_n19_p_Scherlis_oai2020-10-19 Scherlis, D.A. Fattebert, J.-L. Marzari, N. 2006 The stacking of positively charged (or doped) terthiophene oligomers and quaterthiophene polymers in solution is investigated applying a recently developed unified electrostatic and cavitation model for first-principles calculations in a continuum solvent. The thermodynamic and structural patterns of the dimerization are explored in different solvents, and the distinctive roles of polarity and surface tension are characterized and analyzed. Interestingly, we discover a saturation in the stabilization effect of the dielectric screening that takes place at rather small values of ε0. Moreover, we address the interactions in trimers of terthiophene cations, with the aim of generalizing the results obtained for the dimers to the case of higher-order stacks and nanoaggregates. © 2006 American Institute of Physics. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00219606_v124_n19_p_Scherlis info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar J Chem Phys 2006;124(19) Continuum solvent Dielectric saturation Quaterthiophene polymers Terthiophene oligomers Continuum mechanics Dielectric properties Oligomers Saturation (materials composition) Solutions Solvents Surface tension Positive ions Stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: Surface tension and dielectric saturation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=artiaex&d=paper_00219606_v124_n19_p_Scherlis_oai
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topic Continuum solvent
Dielectric saturation
Quaterthiophene polymers
Terthiophene oligomers
Continuum mechanics
Dielectric properties
Oligomers
Saturation (materials composition)
Solutions
Solvents
Surface tension
Positive ions
spellingShingle Continuum solvent
Dielectric saturation
Quaterthiophene polymers
Terthiophene oligomers
Continuum mechanics
Dielectric properties
Oligomers
Saturation (materials composition)
Solutions
Solvents
Surface tension
Positive ions
Scherlis, D.A.
Fattebert, J.-L.
Marzari, N.
Stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: Surface tension and dielectric saturation
topic_facet Continuum solvent
Dielectric saturation
Quaterthiophene polymers
Terthiophene oligomers
Continuum mechanics
Dielectric properties
Oligomers
Saturation (materials composition)
Solutions
Solvents
Surface tension
Positive ions
description The stacking of positively charged (or doped) terthiophene oligomers and quaterthiophene polymers in solution is investigated applying a recently developed unified electrostatic and cavitation model for first-principles calculations in a continuum solvent. The thermodynamic and structural patterns of the dimerization are explored in different solvents, and the distinctive roles of polarity and surface tension are characterized and analyzed. Interestingly, we discover a saturation in the stabilization effect of the dielectric screening that takes place at rather small values of ε0. Moreover, we address the interactions in trimers of terthiophene cations, with the aim of generalizing the results obtained for the dimers to the case of higher-order stacks and nanoaggregates. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.
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author Scherlis, D.A.
Fattebert, J.-L.
Marzari, N.
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Fattebert, J.-L.
Marzari, N.
author_sort Scherlis, D.A.
title Stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: Surface tension and dielectric saturation
title_short Stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: Surface tension and dielectric saturation
title_full Stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: Surface tension and dielectric saturation
title_fullStr Stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: Surface tension and dielectric saturation
title_full_unstemmed Stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: Surface tension and dielectric saturation
title_sort stacking of oligo- and polythiophene cations in solution: surface tension and dielectric saturation
publishDate 2006
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00219606_v124_n19_p_Scherlis
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